On September 1, 2017 Health & Medicine’s Director of Health Equity Wesley Epplin and Board Member Linda Murray, MD, MPH testified at the Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems (CCHHS) Board meeting on ensuring that the system’s hospitals and clinics are welcoming and affirming spaces...
On Tuesday, August 29th, Health & Medicine Executive Director Margie Schaps testified before the Cook County Health and Hospitals System with regards to their proposed 2018 budget. Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on the proposed 2018 health system budget....
The following is a statement on behalf of Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Jane Addams Senior Caucus, Caring Across Generations, and SEIU Healthcare Illinois in response to the withdrawal of rules that...
Health & Medicine is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 HMPRG Awards representing leaders in the fields of policy, public health, medicine, research, and advocacy whose work exemplifies Health & Medicine’s mission to promote social justice and challenge inequities in health and...
On Wednesday, July 12, Director of Health Equity Wesley Epplin spoke at the Cook County Preliminary Budget hearing for FY2018 on the need to increase the tax allocation for the Cook County Health & Hospital System (CCHHS) in the County budget. The Health System has faced several years of...
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group condemns the recent assault on the health safety net. The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), like the House of Representatives’ American Health Care Act (AHCA), is an attack on the American people, developed behind closed doors specifically...
Senate Republicans are working behind closed doors on their version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Like the House bill, the “revamped” AHCA would throw millions off of health care and gut Medicaid, harming older Americans, kids and their families, people with disabilities, and those...
On May 26, Health & Medicine’s Director of Health Equity Wesley Epplin and Board Member Linda Rae Murray again testified before the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board, urging the System to ensure that all patients and clients of the CCHHS are provided safe, affirming sanctuary...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group and the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship Program and pleased to announce that Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has been selected for the 2017 Schweitzer Leadership Award. Each year, the Schweitzer Leadership...
In late 2016, Health & Medicine completed new research on the Cook County Safety Net in partnership with Loyola and others to capture how state and federal health reform efforts have impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), free and charitable clinics (FCCs), and hospitals in Cook...
The healthcare landscape in Illinois has changed dramatically over the past several years in response to both Federal and state health reform. Today, some three to five years after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the shift to managed care in Illinois, the safety net is still...